MR Cholangiopancreatography: 1.5T versus 3T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-364

  Schindera, Sebastian T ^a   Merkle, Elmar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DUCT; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC DUCTS;

EID: 34548806967     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2007.06.009     Document Type: Review

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